North Texas at Memphis

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  The chronicle, Mississippi, October 14, 1963, page 7 (results column)

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  Southeastern Conference fans must feel like Alice in Wonder land. Third-ranked Alabama is in fifth place in the SEC stand ings; highly regarded Georgia Tech is sixth; Florida, good enough to beat Alabama, is seventh; and Tennessee, which has won a higher percentage Of conference games over the years than any other team, is dead last. The leader, and sporting a perfect record after four games, is Auburn which wasn’t even rated a contender in most preseason forecasts. Another big surprise is MissiSsippi State which is unbeaten- but once tied after its best start in a decade. The dizzy doingS among the Dixie Dozen hit a seasons high for the unexpected Saturday when the Florida Gators, in the throes Of a horrible showing, came to life with a 1915 upset over Alabama. The Crimson Tide had been q two-touchdown favorite to continue its march toward the SEC title and possibly the national championship as well. Upset Victory But Florida, under fire al home for its poor start this season, battled Alabama on bet Ter than even terms and hand ed the Tide its second loss in SO games. 1t was a richly satisfying vic tory for coach Ray Graves vino has taken the brunt Of much Of the criticism aimed at the Ga tors. ‘‘It took a lot of work and a lot of prayers” Graves said. because of the criticism this team has gotten” Georgia Tech bid for a spot in the top 10 with a 23–⁠7 VIC tory over Tennessee and Mississippi State handed hapless Tulane its 18th straight loss 81 10 in other conference games Saturday. The SEC made a good week end showing against outside foes as Auburn rolled over little Chattanooga $50, Kentucky out slugged Detroit 35–⁠18, Louisiana State edged Miami 80 and Georgia tied Clemson TT. Mississippi and Vanderbilt were idle. Independents Win Among the independents, Florida State took an easy $50 win over Wake Forest, South ern Mississippi beat Richmond 20 and Memphis State, unmarred except for a ScoreleSS tie with Mississippi, whipped North Texas State 21–⁠0. The spotlight this weekend turns on Grant Field in Atlanta where Auburn risks its perfect record against favored Georgia Tech. Friday night Miami will be host to Georgia in the Orange Bowl. Saturday afternoon, in addition to Tech-Auburn, Ala bama meets Tennessee at Birmingham and Mississippi State is host to Houston. Saturday night, Florida will be at Van derbilt, Kentucky at LSU and Mississippi at Tulane. Florida State takes on Southern MissiSsippi at Mobile, Ala. Billy Lothridge put on anoth-

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Memphis leads 19–⁠3 in 22 meetings, counting the 18 since this game.